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Beretta USA may have an Italian heritage, but the M9 design is owned by the U.S. “Since 1987, all pistols have been made in Accokeek, Maryland,” de Plano added. The first few years of the contract allowed Beretta to supply the U.S. Many foreign military sales have gone to Iraq and Afghanistan. “We estimate that about 425,000 went to the Army and the rest to other services and foreign military sales.” The DoD either gives or sells M9s to other countries. “About 600,000 pistols have been delivered to the Department of Defense ,” said de Plano. After the dust settled, mostly silencing critics, the M9 began delivery. The Beretta excelled in all the trials the military could throw at it while competing against other well-known pistol designs from other established companies. Beretta won again, and yet again the results were controversial, so the Beretta was submitted to the XM10 trials. The test results were contested, and the Beretta was retested in the XM9 trials. Prior to the M9 contract, Beretta won the JSSAP competition by the Air Force. “Beretta won two consecutive pistol trials before winning the M9 contract,” explained de Plano, offering insight into the M9’s history. The Beretta pistol had to prove its worth for some even before it was accepted by the military. At the time, the M1911A1 had nearly 75 years of service under its belt. The new chambering and Beretta pistol were not without their critics. military to accept, making it easy to see why any pistol chosen-American or foreign made-was going to be controversial. That switch was difficult enough for some in the U.S. The Joint Service Small Arms Program began searching for a replacement pistol to use the 9mm round that was chosen to comply with the NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG). military, but by 1979 the situation could not be ignored any longer. The transition from the venerable M1911A1 to the M9 was wrenching for some in the U.S. “In all, the M9A3 performed flawlessly, and it improves upon the ergonomics of the M9 …” The change did not come easily the M9 earned it one round at a time. In some cases, the Beretta saved their lives. The M9 is more than a piece of equipment. When I speak to veterans about the M9, I can hear it in their stories, see it in their eyes. I recently had the opportunity to shoot the M9A3 and hear the story of the M9’s evolution firsthand from de Plano on a cold February day in Accokeek, Maryland, at Beretta USA’s headquarters. “All of these companies have a rich military heritage and, when combined, offer small arms systems for military customers.” “BDT is a strategic alliance of companies consisting of four brands owned by Beretta Holding: Beretta, Bennelli, Sako and Steiner,” explained Gabriele De Plano, the vice president of BDT USA’s marketing and operations. RELATED STORY: Hands On Beretta’s Next-Gen M9A3 Battle Pistol.Army to equip America’s warriors well into the 21st century. The new M9A3 is the next generation of M9 fighting pistol proposed by Beretta Defense Technologies (BDT) to the U.S. military use, starting in conflicts like the invasion of Panama to the recent war in Afghanistan, the M9 has proven its worth as well as shown its age. The new Beretta M9A3 is everything an operator would expect in a Beretta M9 series pistol-and much more. The M9A3 is designed for the modern warrior who requires a handgun that can be adapted for different missions and harsh environments.īetter ergonomics, better performance, a better Beretta. As you continue encountering concepts, you’ll understand more of the game. Read these if you get lost, and use the blue text definitions to remind you what certain keywords and ideas are. When you hover over blue text, it displays important definitions and explanations about game systems. Once you start forming an idea of how you want to play the game, then you’ll naturally begin gravitating toward which systems are worth your attention. Thankfully, to enjoy the game as a beginner, you don’t need to take part in all of them all the time. There are dozens of systems to be aware of at any given time, and it’s helpful to at least be made aware of them. Once you’re done, you can continue playing as the tutorial character or quit and start a fresh game. Don’t worry about internalizing everything. The tutorial slowly introduces several systems and explains their functions. This opening session mimics the gameplay you’ll experience, but at a snail’s pace. Until then, grab a drink and a snack and play through the tutorial. There’s a lot to learn, but the tutorial makes it easy Image: Paradox Interactive via Polygon If you want to enjoy this game, consider the tutorial mandatory. Right when you load up Crusader Kings 3, it immediately offers to lighten the mental load by running you through a starter scenario. Without a smartly designed tutorial to explain all the mechanics behind the scenes, trying to understand what’s going on can be a challenge. As you make decisions, the game churns out outcomes based on your actions while heaping on dozens of others scenarios that require your reaction. Consider the tutorial mandatoryĬrusader Kings 3 is a series of systems colliding with each other. We’ll explain the fluid nature of the game’s storytelling system and help you make decisions that steer the narrative in a concrete direction of your choosing. In this Crusader Kings 3 beginner’s guide, we’ll introduce you to the series - and genre - from the perspective of a complete beginner. The game’s fun came into full focus only when I learned that the player’s job is to direct the story. I spent my first few minutes of the game absolutely confused. I came to Crusader Kings 3 because of the interesting stories I read about it - and also it’s free with Xbox Game Pass. The sheer amount of freedom in the game is a welcome aspect for veterans, but that’s not me. There is a lot to do in Crusader Kings 3, and its open-ended design felt overwhelming to this genre newcomer. Kennedy and Peter Lawford Aboard the Yacht “Manitou”, 12 August 1962. Such was to become JFK’s influence that British boys of the time were said to have requested their hair styled into Kennedy’s trademark tousled thatch, carefully contrived to look unruly – a touch of artful dishevelment being part of the preppy code. Yet might Kennedy have even owed his presidency to preppy? It’s been suggested at least that the way this Ivy-Leaguer dressed was in part what helped set him apart from previous generations of dowdy politicians, that made him strike the populace as youthful and dynamic. Davis would wear drop-shoulder seersucker sports jackets – they were easier to play trumpet in – without cuff-buttons or a breast pocket, or formal, double-breasted suits with more casual patch pockets a knotted neckerchief under the button-down collar of his shirts, often with an unusual pullover placket. Miles’ preppy was a look that helped define “jazz cool”, but also helped win what was then still an avant garde form of music a new acceptability.īut “The Warlord of the Weejuns”, as critic George Frazier would dub Davis on the liner notes for a greatest hits collection in 1965, proved too that you could wear preppy in your own way. Contrary to his culture and his race – preppy was originally both very monied and very white – Davis was a regular of Charlie Davidson’s The Andover Shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the store where Ivy League style took hold. But it always works.” – Tommy Hilfigerĭavis was a case in point. Prep can be classic, laid-back, or even rock ‘n’ roll. “Prep is rooted is all about confidence, eclectic details and not taking yourself too seriously. Wear preppy and, while you may not be the height of fashion, you cannot go wrong. This is the preppy of Paul Newman, JFK and Miles Davis. Indeed, this is the preppy that’s arguably the single most influential look in 20th century menswear, born of the attire of the US’s elite Ivy League students and their demand for practical, hard-wearing but always at least elegant attire ( the definition of smart casual). This is the preppy that inspired the Italians that then inspired the mods, that lent elements of its dress sense to ska and skinhead. This is the preppy that then put together what in isolation can seem rather pedestrian clothing – the clothes of an older generation even – in such a way as to look just… right. This is the preppy of the 1950s and 1960s – the preppy that brought together ex-US forces khakis and Brooks Brothers or Gant Oxford shirts, saddle shoes and sweatshirts, Bass Weejun loafers and regimental ties, shawl-collar cardigans, hopsack blazers and slimline European suits, worn white pumps and plain white T-shirts. And, certainly, preppy goes back much further than many are aware – such that it allowed US designers the likes of Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren to build empires around it. So, to be sure, you have to look further back to get it safely right. Additionally, here men face an additional problem: preppy may speak style in the US language of cool, but in the UK it says “Sloane” – to anyone beyond Chelsea the sartorial kiss of death. Forty was, she determined, the age when you could finally wear your polo shirt collar turned down. Yes, Birnbach appreciated that preppy had its limitations: loaded with connotations of class and wealth, and even too restricted by age limits. While WZZM was on the air, the applicants wrangled at the FCC over permanent authority to run it. Construction rapidly proceeded, and from studios in the Pantlind Hotel downtown, WZZM made its first broadcast on November 1, 1962, an ABC affiliate from the start. The interim station originally chose the call letters WIIM-TV, but WJIM-TV in Lansing objected, resulting in the choice of WZZM as the call sign. Major and Atlas both withdrew in August 1962 the four remaining contenders formed Channel 13, Grand Rapids, Inc., which received interim authority that same month. Days after filing its permanent bid, West Michigan Telecasters also proposed interim operating authority. This meant that the comparative hearing process would run in parallel with construction of the station. In its order assigning channel 13 to Grand Rapids, the FCC indicated its willingness to accept proposals for interim operating authority to hasten the construction of the station. West Michigan was one of six applicants to file by the end of 1961, alongside Atlas (which also owned Grand Rapids-area radio station WMAX) Grand Broadcasting Company, which counted former WLAV and WLAV-TV owner Leonard Versluis among its stockholders as well as former FCC counsel Mary Jane Morris Major Television Company MKO Broadcasting Company and Peninsular Broadcasting Company. Some of the stockholders were from Muskegon the group promoted the northerly transmitter site as a bonus, noting that there were no local stations in Muskegon and that other communities such as Grand Haven and Holland also were underserved. William Seidman, then on the board of directors of Grand Valley State College and later chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Chamberlain, Jr., whose final application was filed in October 1961. By the end of 1960, three groups had incorporated with an eye toward filing for channel 13, including West Michigan Telecasters, consisting of 24 shareholders and presided by Lewis V. The placement of the channel at Grand Rapids attracted interest even before the insertion was final. The FCC approved this allocation change in 1961 it replaced channel 9 in Alpena with channel 6. Atlas also proposed moving WWTV in Cadillac to channel 9, where it would still be appropriately spaced to the channel 9 station in Windsor, Ontario. The station would transmit from an area near Muskegon, north of Grand Rapids, where it would be appropriately spaced to channel 13 stations in Toledo, Ohio, and Rockford, Illinois. It applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposing the addition of channel 13 to Grand Rapids. In 1959, the Atlas Broadcasting Company was organized to pursue the addition of a third very high frequency (VHF) station in West Michigan. The Pantlind Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids was the first studio location for WZZM. History Assignment of channel 13 to Grand Rapids construction The station maintains a lit weather ball displayed near its Walker studios. While the station continues to be competitive particularly in the Grand Rapids area, coverage shortfalls and the aggregate nature of the television market have given the overall edge to WOOD-TV since the 1990s. In local news, the station had a highly regarded news department from the 1960s through the 1980s it had one news director for the first 25 years of its history. Satellite television providers Dish Network and DirecTV provide both stations across the entire market, and WZZM is also on cable in Battle Creek. An attempt to combine WZZM-TV and WUHQ-TV failed in 1991, and WOTV is today co-owned with WOOD-TV, the market's NBC affiliate. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the station's efforts to build additional transmitters to serve those cities were ordered closed to protect a new station on channel 41 in Battle Creek, WUHQ-TV (now WOTV), which also broadcasts ABC but with separate non-network programming. Because of the transmitter site restriction, the station did not and does not provide a signal to the southern part of West Michigan, namely Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. The station went on the air in November 1962 under interim operating authority four companies jointly owned the station until West Michigan Telecasters was granted the permanent license in 1964 and bought out the others' interim holdings in 1965. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station has studios on 3 Mile Road NW in Walker (with a Grand Rapids mailing address), and its transmitter is located in Grant, Michigan.Ĭhannel 13 was inserted into Grand Rapids in 1961 station spacing rules of the time required that the transmitter be to the north of the city, closer to Muskegon. WZZM (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, serving West Michigan as an affiliate of ABC. If local variance has to do with the third party inspector sanction of my approch then I assume that everything is ok. The savings for going with MTR values instead of specified minimum values can't be that great.Īs for Very Picky I believe that the ASME VIII vessel is not intended for o regulated juristiction.Even though I dont seem to understand the term "local variance" I believe that I can proceed with my estimation. Second, how do you deal with it when the time comes to repair the vessel and the original material isn't available (It is a circumstance, unlikely to happen). I'd stay away from using MTR (Sorry I dont know what MTR stands for) values for a couple of reasons: Your calc's may be used later by someone else who presumes that the MTR value for your vessel is equal to or lower than the MTR UTS for their vessel. If so, then using the specified minimum UTS divided by 3.5 is not an unreasonable approach to developing a tensile (no tensile-max allowable) design stress. Further, you have no intention to code stamp this vessel (No) - you are only using ASME VIII as a guideline (Correct). I presume you are at least talking about a vessel whose design temperature is ambient (No) and that the "or 2/3 yield" part of the allowable stress basis doesn't apply (We are not performing test at known condition so as to compare information with similar materials) and that compressive stresses do not govern ( I cant understand the meaning of the term "compressive stresses"). Jte to clarify things up I'm adding some remarks on your original post : deanc (Specifier/Regulator) 17 Oct 06 12:05 Jt RE: Allowable stress for API 5L materials in ASME VIII calculations. The savings for going with MTR values instead of specified minimum values can't be that great. Second, how do you deal with it when the time comes to repair the vessel and the original material isn't available. I'd stay away from using MTR values for a couple of reasons: Your calc's may be used later by someone else who presumes that the MTR value for your vessel is equal to or lower than the MTR UTS for their vessel. If so, then using the specified minimum UTS divided by 3.5 is not an unreasonable approach to developing a tensile design stress. Further, you have no intention to code stamp this vessel - you are only using ASME VIII as a guideline. I presume you are at least talking about a vessel whose design temperature is ambient and that the "or 2/3 yield" part of the allowable stress basis doesn't apply and that compressive stresses do not govern. How can you already have lowered the calculated thickness of the vessel if you haven't yet figured out the allowable tensile stress? The crucial thing is to obtain the allowable stress value for this material.There is no ASME II part D material index for this pipe so I'll have to estimate one. The constant evolution of access technologies are turning Internet access more ubiquitous, faster, better and cheaper. 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The Winnipeg Jets, formed in late 1971, got their moniker from a team of the same name that played in Canada's Western Hockey League. Smythe fought in the Maple Leaf Regiment during World War I, and there was a former Toronto hockey team called the East Maple Leaves. Smythe eventually decided on Maple Leafs, for a couple possible reasons. Patricks in 1919 to attract Toronto's Irish population. The franchise that began play as the Arenas in 1917 changed its nickname to St. When an NHL team returned to Ottawa in 1992 after a nearly 60-year hiatus, the nickname, a reference to Ottawa's status as Canada's capital city, was an obvious choice.Ĭonn Smythe purchased Toronto's hockey team in 1927 and one of his first orders of business was renaming the team. The original Ottawa Senators, founded in 1883, won 11 Stanley Cups. ( More from Mental Floss: 55 awesome Halloween costume ideas) The Canadiens are often referred to as "The Habs" or "Les Habs," an abbreviation of "Les Habitants," the name for the early settlers of New France. Ambrose wanted his team, a charter member of the National Hockey Association, to appeal to Montreal's francophone population and he hoped to drum up a rivalry with the city's established team, the Wanderers. In 1909, John Ambrose O'Brien created the Club de Hockey Canadien. The brothers sponsored a name-the-team contest and decided on Sabres, with a buffalo featured prominently in the team's logo. When Buffalo entered the league in 1970, owners Seymour Knox III and Northrup Knox wanted the nickname for their new team to be unique. Adams tasked Ross with coming up with a nickname, with one of the requirements being that the team's colors would be the same as his grocery store chain's: brown and yellow. When grocery store tycoon Charles Adams brought a team to Boston, he hired former hockey great Art Ross to serve as his general manager. Eleven years later, Islanders was selected as the nickname for New York's new hockey team, which plays its home games on Long Island. When New York's expansion Major League Baseball franchise held a name-the-team contest in 1961, Islanders finished third behind Mets and Empires. According to legend, a harmless creature known as the Leeds Devil, or the Jersey Devil, roamed the Pine Barrens in the southern part of the state from 1887 until 1938. While some fans objected to the winning selection on religious grounds - one threatened the life of a reporter who was covering the search - the Devil has an entirely non-religious folk history in New Jersey. 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